#Flowers 💐🌹🌺 🥀🌻

[xtruss]

236-Million-Year-Old Poop Fossil Reveals A Hidden Treasure — Oldest Evidence of Butterflies

Tiny Wing Scales Trapped in Fossilized Dung Suggest Butterflies Evolved Long Before Flowers Appeared.

— By Jenny Lehmann | June 5, 2025

Image Credit: Olga Bogatyrenko/Shutterstock

Interesting things can hide in preserved dung. Besides offering clues about long-gone vegetation, almost anything that gets trapped in ancient feces and stands the test of time can give us a glimpse into prehistoric life. The latest example? A tiny treasure buried in 236-million-year-old poop.

It might not be as glamorous as a bug in amber, but this dung fossil, likely left behind by a hippo-sized herbivore in what is now Argentina, contains the oldest physical evidence of butterflies or moths ever discovered. According to researchers from Argentina’s Regional Center for Scientific Research and Technology Transfer of La Rioja (CRILAR), this find, published with the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, could confirm that butterflies emerged much earlier than previously thought, right after the biggest extinction event in Earth’s history.

Butterfly Fossil Gap

Roughly 250 million years ago, life on Earth came dangerously close to ending. The end-Permian mass extinction wiped out around 90 percent of all species and triggered a slow and chaotic recovery. As ecosystems rebuilt themselves in the Early Triassic, new groups of insects began to evolve, likely in response to changes in the plant world.

While genetic data had hinted that butterflies (more broadly, lepidopterans) might have emerged around 241 million years ago, the oldest physical fossils we had only dated back 201 million years, to the early Jurassic. There was a 40-million-year gap in the fossil record — until now.

Inspecting Dung Fossils

The key to solving this evolutionary mystery came from an unlikely place: a fossilized poop deposit in Talampaya National Park, Argentina. Excavated by CRILAR paleontologists starting in 2011, the site was identified as a prehistoric communal latrine, an area where plant-eating animals would repeatedly return to do their business. Such behavior is still observed in some herbivores today and may have served both social and defensive purposes.

When scientists began inspecting the dung fossils (formally known as coprolites) under the microscope, they found something surprising: tiny, ornate scales less than 200 microns long (or about the width of two human hairs), the kind typically found on the wings of butterflies and moths. These hollow, patterned scales are a defining feature of lepidopterans. The structures were unique enough to prompt researchers to name a new species: Ampatiri eloisae.

This discovery places lepidopterans squarely in the Triassic Period, about 30 to 40 million years earlier than previously proven.

Butterflies Before Flowers

The implications go beyond just pushing back the timeline. The researchers believe Ampatiri eloisae may have belonged to a subgroup of lepidopterans called Glossata, characterized by a proboscis, the long, tube-like tongue used by modern butterflies and moths to suck up nectar, typically from flowers.

In the Triassic, however, forests only consisted of conifers and cycads; flowers didn’t even exist yet. These nonflowering plants secreted sugary droplets for pollination — tiny treats that would’ve been a perfect food source for early proboscis-bearing insects. That means the butterfly’s signature feeding structure likely evolved not for flowers, but for these ancient nectar substitutes.

Based on this, the researchers estimate that the proboscis may have first evolved between 260 and 244 million years ago, right after the mass extinction. That adaptation may have helped early butterflies and moths survive the harsh new world, allowing them to feed off pollination drops and setting the stage for a future partnership with blooming flowers, which wouldn’t appear until nearly 100 million years later.

While a full-body fossil would offer even clearer insight, these minuscule scales give us a remarkable piece of the evolutionary puzzle. Not only do they suggest that butterflies are much older than we thought, they also show how life bounced back after Earth’s worst-ever extinction, slowly reshaping into the vibrant ecosystems we see today.

[lre333]

Born to Blossom , Bloom to Perish ~

~a spring lookbook inspired by the growth cycle of a flower, from bulb to dried petal ornamental~

[zeherili-ankhein]

Also it's crazy that we made headcanon about Vasant making flower wine and his association with Varuni and it turned out canon LIKE ☠️

Just admit it we are secret agents send by Vasant to spread his propaganda 😔😔💀🗿

Varuni too probably... They are both sipping flower wine and looking ag us with proud look on their faces 🗿

Also its so funny everyone associated with the seasons were always so intoxicated 😭 like why are y'all so drunk wth-

[mccleans]

forget about that phillip cuntinho this day is about YOUUUU!!!!!!! happy happiest birthday lucy, one of the brightest days in the year <33 you are such a joy and always make me smile and laugh sm as well as being gifted with one of the smartest and greatest minds on this site. everytime i see your little profile pic in my notifs i know its going to make my day better🫶❤️🌸 hope you have the bestest day and that the next year will be everything youve hoped for and more! im always rooting for you all the way from up here across the world and im sending sm love and kisses in an express delivery to you rn mwahhhh 😽😽🫶🫶🫶🌻🌻🌼

GET PHIL AGAIN FOR ME and then come over here and kiss me on the mouth omg.... my smile is hurting my face a little bit but i simply have no choice under these conditions like who could look at this message and do anything but beam and love and rejoice and know that they are the luckiest person in the world because they have annika in their heart as well as in their phone like wow that is true wealth and richness

[olivia150]

Roses 🌹 🥀

[yellowheartz]

My flower crown broke while I was making it :,(

NOOOOOOO, damn bro it's ok, ur the prettiest flower anyway 🙏 rip pretty flower crown (ngl its so well made wth)

[stitchlesswitch]

🌺🌹🌷Flowers💐🪻🌻

In appreciation of the approaching spring, here some tips for cut flowers:

Cut ~2 inches off from the base of the stem, at an angle

Personally, I like to strip all the leaves off each flower. Benefits include: reduces mold growth, allows the nutrients to focus on the flower itself instead of going to the leaves resulting in longer flower life, and reduces the weight, resulting in less droopy flowers (especially for things like tulips)

Add 1/3 a cup of soda (any kind of regular soda) because they love the sugar

Add 1/4 a teaspoon of bleach to prevent mold (no, surprisingly, adding bleach does not kill the flowers)

If you Absolutely Need the flowers to last in perfect condition for a few days, refrigerating them is your best bet.

The more bulbous the flower, the more water content, the more likely the mold growth. Think sunflowers, peonies, ranunculus, and roses. Personally, I avoid them for this reason, but it’s personal preference.

If you live in area with cold winters, avoid buying roses for Valentine’s Day unless they are your recipients favorite. In these areas, roses bloom “naturally” in the summer, and I’ve found the roses that were “forced to bloom early” (for lack of better phrasing) for Valentine’s Day to be of much poorer quality.

Carnations, in my experience, last the longest. By a long shot.

[woozi]

the way being on caratblr never fails to bring me joy no matter the circumstance and no matter how much time has passed </3

[schiellestentere]

/из дневников автора /30.12.23//

"у меня всегда было ощущение, что каждое лето с тобой было нашим последним.

лето-пора отдыха, единственное время, когда можно по-настоящему насладиться жизнью. сама природа благоволит этому: ведь, на самом деле, чудесно провести летние денечки под густыми кронами деревьев всей семьёй, сидя на летней веранде, попивая чай и рассуждая о жизни и вечном. хотя это ошибочно так говорить, ведь жизнь это и есть вечность. жизнь вечна сама по себе. никто не может умереть просто так, даже если кому-то этого очень захочется.

вот так и ты. меня всегда обуревал первобытный страх, когда я видела последние числа последнего месяца лета, и понимала что мы многое не успели. было понимание того, что наступит наше последнее лето, что мы больше никогда не сможем быть вместе. не сможем держаться за руки, обниматься и плакать; ты не сможешь поделиться своей мудростью, а я не смогу, как раньше, внимательно тебя слушать👂 🎧. мы больше не осилим новые пути вдвоём, ведь у каждого из нас он теперь свой.

и это здорово.

"мы встретились в самый странный момент твоей жизни", могла бы сказать я, если бы следовала пустым клише, слышным везде и отовсюду. но, если подумать, то это так и случилось. мы были сложной парочкой, но всегда между нами пролегала та тонкая ниточка, которая даже сейчас не разорванной никакими ножницами. сквозь бывшие между нами ссоры, разногласия, реки пролитых в обиде слез, мы снова пройдем этот путь вместе духовно, но телесно врозь. я знаю, что ты меня слышишь, путешествуя на своём космическом шаттле среди звёзд, и ничуть не сомневаюсь, что ты найдешь способ ответить мне позже. а когда мы, наконец, встретимся, то повернем время вспять, а наше последнее лето станет первым и самым лучшим на свете, вот увидишь!. ... "

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[cafffeineconnoisseur]

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[needlepointgrizzly]

actually last reblog got me thinking and we really have not given Aisha her flowers enough over how she shot the hookup and the morning after. She had a logistics issue: the actors, for whatever reason (😶), aren't comfortable doing much intimate contact. So she has them work with what they are comfortable doing - mostly manhandling - and uses blocking and dim lighting to obscure how mouths are not making contact. And it works! The way she shot it helps to sell the hookup as impulsive, messy, but still fun

But where it really all comes together for me is how she shoots the aftermath. Buck wakes up alone on a bare mattress and heads into the morning light of the bright white kitchen, and that's where all the illusions are burned away. The truth about the third party between them comes out. And I just love the craft of that! She takes the practical reality that the hookup has to be shot as darkly as possible to make it look right on screen, and turns that limit into a powerful visual metaphor for their entire relationship. They only worked in the dark. Once everything's illuminated they can't hide from that fact anymore.

In conclusion: AISHA HINDS 💐🌻🌹🪻🌷🌸🏵️🌺🌼🪷🎍🥀

[ncillary]

Self Aware AU

Ideas : You have the lowest Affinity with them for a reason

| Xavier | Zayne | Rafayel | Sylus | Caleb

Notes : This is my first attempt at writing big chunks of stories for each LIs. It will be self-proofread. English is not my first language. Thank you for being patient with any discomfort in the way its written. Hope you enjoy it.

P/S : I'll try to update others along the way

A/N : Thank you for all the likes, reblogs, comments, follows and all the feelings you gave when you read them. You are awesome. Have some flowers 💐🌹🥀🌺🌷🪷🌸💮🏵️🪻🌻🌼🍁🌾🍄

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[ariannabananasstuff]

NNNAWWWWW OH MY GOSHH

TAHTS SO CUTE

@ariannabananasstuff ily

[lilithlovessapphires]

What will have if Satan introduce you to the other sins and revealed that he your boyfriend want will be the sins reaction and also Satan boyfriend is a escape sinner of the pride ring (Btw I love your content, he’s a flower 🌺 🌹🌸💐🌷🌻🥀🌼💮🪷🪻🎴)

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒/𝐎 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 - 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 8𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭, 2024 (07:49 𝐏.𝐌.)

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 - 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐯𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬

𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫🦆

🦆 (𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭).

🦆 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

🦆 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦.

🦆 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 "𝐖𝐓𝐅?!" 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫.

🦆 "𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍?!?!"

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐛 🐝

🐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐈𝐏 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬' 𝐒/𝐎.

🐝 ��𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

🐝 𝐁𝐞𝐞'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲:

🐝 "𝐇𝐨𝐰...? 𝐎𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐲, 𝐘/𝐍!"

𝐀𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐬 💙

💙 𝐎𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐏, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞:

💙 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

💙 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧.

💙 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 💸

💸 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

💸 "𝐏𝐖𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐇! 𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐒/𝐎! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫? 𝐇𝐔𝐇?!"

💸 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

💸 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

💸 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲.

💸 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 ��𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐰.

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And the winner of SSSB is...

SCOTT/JIMMY AKA FLOWER HUSBANDS

Congratulations to the Husbands of Flowers!

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